NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile - Specs & Benchmarks

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of the video card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile, for general information about it.

Place in performance rating:		107
Value for money (0-100):		56.16
Architecture:		Maxwell
Code name:		GM204
Type:		Laptop
Release date:		22 September 2014 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP):		$395.82
Price now:		$251 (0.6x MSRP)
Value for money:		46.98
GPU code name:		N16E-GXX
Market segment:		Laptop

Technical specs

Characteristics that directly affect the performance of the video card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile. Smaller process technology, higher clock frequencies, more threads and transistors are signs of a modern graphics card.

Pipelines:		2048
Boost Clock:		1216 MHz
Transistor count:		5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology:		28 nm
Power consumption (TDP):		100-200 Watt
Texture fill rate:		144 billion/sec
Floating-point performance:		4,358 gflops
CUDA cores:		2048
Pipelines / CUDA cores:		2048
Boost clock speed:		1216 MHz
Number of transistors:		5,200 million
Thermal design power (TDP):		100-200 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating.

Interface:		MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size:		large
SLI options:		+
Bus support:		PCI Express 3.0

Memory

Video card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require higher memory capacity and speed. The higher these parameters, the higher the performance of the chip NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile.

Memory type:		GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount:		4 GB
Memory bus width:		256 Bit
Memory clock speed:		7.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth:		224 GB/s
Shared memory:		-

Video outputs and ports

Information about video card interfaces, ports, shape factor and size.

Display Connectors:		Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
G-SYNC support:		+
Multi monitor support:		4 displays
HDCP:		+
Maximum VGA resolution:		2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI:		Internal
HDMI:		+
VGA аnalog display support:		+
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support:		+

Technologies

Additional technologies that the vendor integrates into its devices. They do not directly affect the performance, but can have a nice addition to the graphics card functionality both in games and at work.

3D Vision:		+
GPU Boost:		2.0
CUDA:		+
GeForce Experience:		+
Surround:		+
Adaptive Vertical Sync:		+
Optimus:		+
GameStream:		+
GeForce ShadowPlay:		+
GameWorks:		+
BatteryBoost:		+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder:		+

API support

Supported by the video card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile API. The higher the version, the better performance in games.

DirectX:		12 (12_1)
OpenGL:		4.5
Vulkan:		1.1.126
Shader Model:		6.4
OpenCL:		1.2

Overall gaming performance

The tests show the FPS results with different screen resolutions according to the recommendations of the game developer. Benchmark NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile may differ from the actual data, depending on the environment (motherboard or processor).

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Horizon Zero Dawn (2020)

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Death Stranding (2020)

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F1 2020 (2020)

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Gears Tactics (2020)

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Doom Eternal (2020)

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Legend
5	Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
	May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30	Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40	Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60	Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
	May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
?	Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
	Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

AMD equivalent

AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile Compare

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile in Benchmarks

The performance of the graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile is presented in popular modern benchmarks. Testing at maximum loads gives us an idea of the real power of the graphics processor and allows us to compare the model with other popular graphics cards. You can find benchmark descriptions and results on their pages.